Thanksgiving, Black Friday meld together for shopping madness

9:34 PM,
Nov. 23, 2012

Ron Ungersma Jr., left, waits outside of Staples with his father, Ron Sr., for it to open at 5 a.m. so they can get a good deal on a computer Thursday, November 22, 2012, at the K-Mart Plaza in Lafayette.

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Employees at Tippecanoe Mall stores opened their doors at midnight on Black Friday to hordes of excited customers. Some had been out since early Thursday evening scoping out the best deals.

Jerri Brooks and her daughter Shauna, 18, both of Otterbein, had been shopping since 6 p.m. Thursday. They began at Kmart and got to the mall around 7 p.m. They were at the front of the line at Old Navy for deals on pants and fleece sweatshirts.

Jerri Brooks said she has been getting up for Black Friday for about 15 years. ...